Q1: Lesson 3 | Music Of The Renaissance Period Flashcards
It covers the period from 1450-1600. It marks the transition from medieval to modern history.
Renaissance period
Considered as the most progressive form of composition. Non religious music and were usually love songs
Madrigal
It means many voices
Polyphony
Single melody with blocks of chords
Homophony
Consisted of a piece of plain song and two or more additional parts, each with different words
Motets
Voices repeat the same melody
Canon
A secular melodic line that ran through the work like a needle
Cantus Firmus
Light madrigal also known as casonetta which was a dance song often with a phrase of nonsense syllables
Barletto
An early form of the fugue, somewhat similar to a motet but is instrumental
Ricercari
Known was the Prince of Music who was called “Palestrina”.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
A central figure in the Burgundian school
Guillaume Du Fay
He was a famous Renaissance composer of secular music in England
Thomas Marley
A choirmaker in St. Mark Cathedral in Venice
Claudio Monteverdi
German professor of theology. Was ordained to the priesthood in 1507
Martin Luther
He was a French theologician in Geneva during the protestant reformation
John Calvin